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14 killed in weekend Chicago shootings; Hillary Clinton distances herself from President Obama; three dead in Central America earthquake: U.S. and World News Links

Guatemala Earthquake

In this photo released by regional firefighters, firefighters check a home that collapsed during an earthquake in San Pedro, Guatemala, Monday, July 7, 2014. A magnitude-6.9 earthquake on the Pacific Coast jolted a wide area of southern Mexico and Central America Monday. (AP Photo/Bomberos Departamentales)
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Hillary Clinton is distancing herself from President Obama as she plans to make a run for president in 2016. Cliff Owen, Associated Press file photo

National news:

In all, at least 82 people were shot, 14 of them fatally, since Thursday afternoon in Chicago. (Chicago Tribune)

Hillary Clinton is distancing herself from President Obama ahead of her likely presidential campaign. (Bloomberg Businessweek)

Partisan hyperbole has ratcheted up as the Obama administration grapples with thousands of young undocumented immigrants surging the U.S.-Mexico border and facing angry protesters on the way to overcrowded detention centers. (CNN News)

House Speaker John Boehner is hitting back at President Obama after the president called the speaker's plans to file a lawsuit a "stunt." (UPI News)

The lawyer for a man charged with obstructing the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombing denied today that his client removed a laptop and backpack containing fireworks from the bombing suspect's dorm room three days after the deadly attack. (Reuters)

A new series of search warrants in the case of a 22-month-old Georgia boy who died while in a hot car last month show a focus on the electronic trail leading up to his death. (USA Today)

Authorities say a sixth person has died from injuries suffered in a fiery, head-on collision over the holiday weekend in southeastern Utah. (Associated Press)

A New York City man convicted of raping his former stepdaughter in an attack she disclosed years later in a college application essay has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. (Associated Press)

A new Associated Press-GfK poll reveals the vast majority of U.S. voters, when pushed, line up with either Democrats or Republicans. Truly unaffiliated citizens are rare. (Christian Science Monitor)

International news:

A magnitude-6.9 earthquake on the Pacific Coast jolted a wide area of southern Mexico and Central America today, killing at least three people while damaging homes, hospitals and churches. (Associated Press)

Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet decided today to escalate attacks against Hamas and the Gaza Strip, militants in the coastal territory fired a barrage of some 35 rockets at Israel within minutes. (Haaretz)

The Central Intelligence Agency was involved in a spying operation against Germany that led to the alleged recruitment of a German intelligence official and has prompted renewed outrage in Berlin. (Reuters)

The Iraqi Parliament said today it can't agree on who should lead the government and won't even meet again for five weeks, deepening the political dysfunction in a country that threatens to break apart after the advance of Sunni Islamist militants. (NBC News)

Pope Francis begged forgiveness today from the victims of clergy sex abuse as he held his first meeting with several abuse survivors -- but another victim called the gathering nothing more than "a PR event." (Associated Press)

Passengers at some overseas airports that offer U.S.-bound flights will soon be required to power on their electronic devices in order to board their flights -- a measure intended to enhance aviation security at a time when intelligence officials are concerned about hidden explosives. (Associated Press)

Scotland Yard has tracked down a child at the center of an alleged 1980s Westminster pedophile ring who has implicated a senior political figure. (The Telegraph)

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